Culinary strainer



April 22 1924.

P. M HALE ET AL CULINARY STRAINER Filed June 19 1920 Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITE STATES PATENT o Flca. 1

PAUL MOHALE AND THOMAS J. JUDGE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CULINARY STRAINER.

Application filedl'une 19, 1920. 4 Serial No. 390,181.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, PAUL'MoHALn and THOMAS J. J UDGE, both citizens of the United States, and both residing at VVorcester, in the county of l/Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Culinary Strainer, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to a culinary strainer of the type set forth in our Patent No. 1,246,291, patented Nov. 13, 1917.

The objects of the invention are similar to those set forth in that patent and the-features of this invention relate mainly tothe promoting more effectively of the objects and advantages set forth in said patent. More specifically, they relateto the manner of securing the strengthening wires at the top or supporting edge of the strainer so that they can be removed or detached for replacement or repairs; to provide an improved bottom-closing and wire-fastening device made of fewer and simpler parts for the purpose of materially cheapenmg the construction; to arrange the construction at the top so that the upper rim can be stamped out of sheet steel; and especially, to provide a construction from which the strengthening wires can be removed and replaced-without resort to soldering or other inconvenient processes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a culinary strainer constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of a portion of the same;

Fig. 3 is a side view of a detail;

Fig. 4 is a side View taken at the place where the folded edge is located;

Fig. 5 is an elevation of two of the fastening elements of the bottom of the strainer; and

Fig. 6 is a plan of the bottom plate thereof.

This invention relates to the ordinary china cap type of culinary strainers usually employed in restaurants and the like. Heferring to the drawings, the invention is shown as applied to a strainer of said type, having a rim 10 formed of pressed steel a handle 11 and a supporting hook 12 also formed of pressed steel separately and riveted on this rim. This rim has an inwardly extending conical portion at the bottom, to the inner surface of which is soldered the topof a foraminous strainer. This usually is in the form of a cone.

As in the above mentioned patent, we have shown a series of strengthening wires 14 extending along the sides of the cone in the direction of the elements thereof. These, in

this case as in the other, are secured to the rim 10 at the top, but one of the improvements of the present invention consists providing means by which they can be secured detachably so that when released at the bottom they can be removed very easily and then replaced without soldering or welding. For this purpose, the rim 10 is provided at suitable intervals with recesses 15, each of whichis located in a boss 16 formed integrally with the rim in the operation of pressing it out and having aperforation 17 and a notch 18 ofsufficient size to admit the end of the wire 14:. The upper end of this wire is curved at 19 outwardly. In order to insert one of the wires, its curved end 19 is placed in the notch 18 extending inwardly and then the wire is swung through the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2' toward the strainer until it reaches'the full line position. Thus when fastened at the bottom, this rod is securely locked in position and forms an effective guard against the damaging of the perforated sheet 13. Yet, when it is desired to remove this wire and replace it for any reason, it may be swung out as indicated by the dotted line and arrow in Fig. 2 and released from the strainer in a very simple manner'and a new wire can be placed in position.

There is also an improvement over the above mentioned patent in the means for holding the lower end of the wiresv 14: and closing the bottom of the truncated conical strainer. For this purpose, a washer 20 is placed inside the bottom of the strainer, this washer having a convex upper surface and convex walls at 21 to fit the inside of the strainer. On the bottom of the strainer, there is placed a sheet metal plate 22 having integrally formed in it, a series of pockets 23 for receiving the lower ends of the wires 14. This prevents this plate 22 from rotating and the arts are held in position by an ordinary b0122 passing through a central opening in the nut 20. In this way, the two parts 20 and 22 are firmly clamped and pressed together so that the upwardly extending conical wall of the latter presses firmly against the exterior of the lower part of the strainer while the opposite conical wall 21 presses against the inner surface. This not only adds to the efiectiveness of the device and secures all of the advantages set forth in the above mentioned patent, but it also provides these advantages with a reduction of one in the number of partsemployed, and a decrease in the expense of each one of them. The plate 22 with all its provisions is stamped out of sheet metal by a single simple operation. The bolt 24 is sold on the market and is being manufactured in large quantities, and the only part that really has to be made with any special machine work is the washer 20. V

In this way, the device is simplified and improved and the parts made so that they can all be detached very readily and replaced without the services of an expert workman.

Another feature consists in the fact that the folded edges 80 of the sheet metal strainer 18 are allowed to extend up in behind the rim and the latter is provided with a projection 31 leaving a passage 32 beneath it for receiving the same. This does away with the necessity of any projection on the inner side of the strainer at the point where it is folded.

Although we have illustrated and described only a single form of the invention, we are aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

Therefore, we do not wish to be limited to the details of construction herein shown and described, but what we do claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a culinary strainer, comprising a rim, a foraminous straining member secured thereto, strengthening wires extending along the surface of said straining member integral projections on the rim having passages behind them for receiving the wires therein in contact with the strainer, and each provided with a recess for the end of the wire which is bent outwardly to engage in said recess, whereby said wires are detachably secured to the rim.

2. As an article of manufacture, a culinary strainer, comprising a rim of pressed metal having integrally formed therein a series of passages having openings extending outwardly therefrom, a strainer connected to said rim, and wires extending along the strainer and having outwardly bent ends detachably mounted in said passages.

3. In a culinary strainer, the combination of a rim having formed therein at its lower edge a series of passages having openings extending outwardly therefrom, a strainer connected to theinnersiirface of said rim, wires extending along the strainer and having outwardly bent ends detachably mounted in said passages and entering said openings, and means for closing the lower end of said strainer and detachably holding the lower ends of said wires.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a foraminous conical strainer cut away at the apex, a fastening device having a member inside engaging the inner wall of the strainer, a pressed metal plate outside the strainer having integral 

